- Robert Goebbels, on behalf of the PSE Group, who withdrew amendment 32 in favour of amendment 27; he then moved an oral amendment to amendment 30, which was incorporated;
- Bernard Lehideux, who commented on the name of the ALDE Group;
- Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who clarified her group's position on amendment 20;
- Harlem Désir, who pointed out that the English version of amendment 29 was the authentic text;
- Klaus-Heiner Lehne, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 23, which was incorporated with the agreement of Harlem Désir.